Clos du Cers
In Cruscades, a village nestled between the plain and the hills of Corbières, the Cers wind gave the estate its name. Paul Refalo, sixth generation of winemakers in his family, took over the estate in 2020. He met Sarah Verrill Refalo, originally from the East Coast of the United States, in 2016 in a New Zealand vineyard. They settled in Paul's ancestral village, with the ambition of bringing a community together and showing just how phenomenal the Corbières are.
The story begins in 1878, when Vincent Calmon, Paul's ancestor, bought his first plots, including La Serre, an old Carignan, and Resplandy, an old Grenache. His son François-Pascal added Les Clots, today the best terroir, planted with Syrah in 2008. In 1920, François Calmon acquired the family's original cellar, preserved as a museum and private cellar. Later, Isabelle, Paul's mother, left her career in pharmacy at 47, restored the house with her husband and son, then rehabilitated eight hectares of vines.
The vines are all less than five minutes from the cellar, on five types of soil: clay-limestone hills covered with rolled pebbles, and a draining alluvial plain. On 2.2 hectares, the 2008 Syrah dominates patches of clay and chalk, while the 1984 Mourvèdre grows on pebbles and chalk. Below, Marsanne and Grenache Blanc, planted in 2012, sit alongside a 1979 Carignan. A small 1999 Grenache Noir, trained in low gobelet, is brightened by rose bushes at the end of the rows, and half a hectare of 2019 Mourvèdre takes root in red clay and fossilized oysters.
The first range is called Les Clefs, a nod to a family that constantly loses and mixes up its keys. It brings together a white made from Grenache Blanc and Marsanne, a cuvée of Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre, a red made from Syrah, Grenache, Carignan and Mourvèdre, as well as an orange wine made from pure Bourboulenc. White, rosé, red or orange: four hues coexist in this ancestral winery.
Details gathered from the estate's website and public sources, for information only.
Wines
Details gathered from the estate's website and technical sheets, in French, for information only.
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